Wedding Budget Planning
What Couples Should Plan to Invest
BlackTie Brothers provides wedding photography, cinematic wedding films,
and coordinated photo-and-film coverage across New York, Connecticut,
Florida, Hawaii, and destination weddings throughout the United States.
These ranges are practical planning guidance for commonly selected
collections, not fixed quotes.
Typical planning ranges for selected BlackTie Brothers wedding collections
| Collection |
Typical planning range |
Designed for |
| Essential Photography |
$3,800–$4,300 |
Couples prioritizing professional wedding photography |
| Essential Photography + Film |
$4,500–$5,700 |
Coordinated photography and cinematic film coverage |
| Premium Photography + Film |
$7,300–$8,300 |
Expanded team coverage, storytelling, and premium enhancements |
Your exact investment depends on venue location, travel logistics,
coverage hours, team size, and selected enhancements. Enter the venue
ZIP code above to see the starting prices for your market.
What a full day of photography and film costs
Every collection starts at six hours. Full-day coverage, from getting ready
through the main reception events, generally means eight to ten hours. This
table adds the published hourly rate to each six-hour starting price, so you
can see the whole number before you ask.
Photography and film together: six-hour starting prices and eight-hour and ten-hour totals by market
| Photography + film collection |
Six hours from |
Eight hours |
Ten hours |
| Essential Photography + FilmUpstate New York venues · first 50 round-trip miles included, mileage added beyond that |
$4,085 |
$4,575 |
$5,065 |
| Premium Photography + FilmUpstate New York venues · first 60 round-trip miles included, mileage added beyond that |
$6,185 |
$6,875 |
$7,565 |
| Essential Photography + FilmNew York City, Long Island, New Jersey, Connecticut and Central Florida · first 50 round-trip miles included, mileage added beyond that |
$4,785 |
$5,275 |
$5,765 |
| Premium Photography + FilmNew York City, Long Island, New Jersey, Connecticut and Central Florida · first 60 round-trip miles included, mileage added beyond that |
$6,885 |
$7,575 |
$8,265 |
| Essential Photography + FilmSouth Florida, Tampa Bay, Hawaii and destination weddings · travel such as flights and lodging quoted for your venue |
$4,785 |
$5,275 |
$5,765 |
| Premium Photography + FilmSouth Florida, Tampa Bay, Hawaii and destination weddings · travel such as flights and lodging quoted for your venue |
$6,885 |
$7,575 |
$8,265 |
How these numbers are built: the six-hour starting price for your market plus the
published rate for each added hour, $245 for Essential Photography + Film and $345
for Premium Photography + Film. Essential is one photographer and one filmmaker.
Premium is two photographers, two filmmakers and a Wedding Experience Director, and
adds the complete ceremony, entrances, speeches and first dances on film, a two-hour
engagement session and a layflat photobook. No sales tax or card-processing fee is
added. Travel works differently by market. In Upstate New York, the tristate area
(New York City, Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut) and Central Florida, totals
include the first 50 round-trip miles with Essential and the first 60 with Premium.
Farther venues add $1.67 a mile for one artist or $2.85 a mile for teams of two or more, measured from the Binghamton, New York area for Upstate
and tristate venues and from Orlando for Central Florida, and the
Upstate New York estimator works out that
amount from your venue address. For South Florida, Tampa Bay, Hawaii and destination
weddings elsewhere, travel such as flights and lodging is quoted for your venue in
your proposal. These are 2026-2027 starting points, not quotes.
Your proposal confirms the final scope.
